lass

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

lass, n. [OE. lasse; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. llodes girl, fem. of llawd lad. Lad a youth.].

 A young woman; a girl; a sweetheart.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lass, n. esp. Sc. & N.Engl. or poet. a girl or young woman.

Etymology

ME lasce ult. f. ON laskwa unmarried (fem.)

THESAURUS

lass

Dulcinea, Eve, Frau, babe, baby, best girl, broad, chick, colleen, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, daughter of Eve, demoiselle, distaff, doll, domina, donna, dowager, dream girl, femme, filly, frail, frow, gal, gentlewoman, gill, girl, girl friend, girlie, heifer, hoyden, inamorata, jeune fille, jill, jo, junior miss, lady, lady friend, lady love, lassie, little missy, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, matron, milady, miss, missy, mistress, mouse, nymphet, old lady, piece, quail, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, skirt, slip, squaw, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, virgin, vrouw, wahine, weaker vessel, wench, woman, young creature, young thing

ROGET THESAURUS

lass

Infant

N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.